About LTAL

The Amateur Tennis League of Latvia began its work at the start of 2013, promoting the popularity and development of tennis in Latvia, offering a new concept for tournaments - one tournament game each week, held at a time and place convenient to players. The format of the tournament also attracted players, with provisions to compete for every step in the contest with players matched to similar skill levels. A further incentive came with the division into ranked leagues “Elite, A, B, C...”, where the lower-ranked league’s winner automatically qualified to the next higher-ranked league.



The LTAL tournament calendar begins in the middle of January and consists of seven regular season stages and the Annual Finals Stage TOP 24. Finals stages are unique in being filmed and judged by podium referees who note players’ individual statistics. Game times and places are posted on the homepage after they have been coordinated and agreed upon by the players themselves.

The LTAL has worked out a unique rating point system where the men have a common “Elite, A, B, C.....” league rating, while the women’s rating points are counted separately.


At the conclusion of a stage players receive rating points for the place they have earned in the respective stage. Winners of the stage and lottery draws receive awards from our cooperation partners at the site of the finals. Cash prizes are awarded at the Annual Finals Stage, in which the best 16 players take part.

The LTAL privilege program is available to all active players, offering various discounts and perks from cooperation partners, and can be perused HERE.

 

LTAL hosted tournaments:

Men’s singles tournaments are divided into 6 regular season stages through the calendar year. The first of them begins in the middle of January, while the Annual Finals Stage TOP 24 (Grand Final), in which the best 24 players participate, takes place at the end of the year, in November. In all stages the first opponents and game sites are decided by drawing lots, the exception being players who have been ejected.

A game for each place is played within a stage.
 

There are various categories and tournaments for men’s singles:

SIGN-UP - for men’s single

Women’s singles tournaments are divided into 5 regular season stages through the calendar year (with options to set other orders of games). The first of them begins in the middle of January, while the Annual Finals Stage TOP 12 (LTAL Women’s Grand Final) takes place in the month of November. As in the men’s single game stages, a game for each place is played within a stage.

 

There are various categories for women’s singles games:

SIGN-UP - for women’s singles

Traveling plate - Pāvilosta

The weekend tournament “Pāvilosta Cup” is held in the first half of August in this picturesque seaside town. Games are played to victory in two sets (three-set games). The maximum number of players in the basic tournament is limited to 12.

Since 2015, in addition to the cup itself, an essential part of the tournament is its traveling plate, taken home for the year by the winner, whose name is added to the other engraved winners’ names:

Tournament extra: Night-time Doubles games

Homepage Pavilosta

One-Day Tournaments

The contests are organized at one of Riga’s tennis clubs. The maximum number of participants is not limited. Play to victory in one set to 6 games. Both singles and doubles games are held. Awards from LTAL cooperation partners.

Awarded prizes in LTAL 2023 regular season stages

A league:

B league:

C league:

D league:

E league:

Senior 50+ league:


A league - Women’s:

B league - Women’s:

Finals Tournament TOP 24 (Men) Cash Prize fund

Finals Tournament TOP 12 (Woman) Cash Prize fund

Financial provisions LTAL 2023:

LTAL provides:

For new members:

Sign up to participate in LTAL by clicking here.

More information:

tel. 22377544

e-pasts: info@ltal.lv

Tennis is an Olympic sport in which a game is played between two players (singles-) or two two-person teams (doubles-games). Players use a strung racket to strike a ball over a net onto the opponent’s side of the court. Tennis originated at the end of the 19th century in Europe, at first spreading through English-speaking countries, particularly amongst higher social classes. Tennis is currently again an Olympic sport played by people of all ages and social classes in many nations around the world. With the exception of the introduction of the tiebreak during the 1970s, the rules of tennis have remained unchanged since the 1890s. In addition to the millions of active players, many millions more follow the sport as fans, especially the four GRAND SLAM tournaments.

These four GRAND SLAM tournaments are considered to be most prestigious in tennis : Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon Championship and US Open Championship.